[ubuntu-za] Open Office/Libre Office and other open source software

[Neil Oosthuizen]

Hi,

Information is power... here is a recent article:

http://www.unixmen.com/news-today/1528-3-reasons-why-linux-is-the-platform-
for-education


Cheers
Neil

On Monday 21 Feb 2011 22:40:07 maia grotepass wrote:
> Last year some time Microsoft changed it's licensing fee/policies for
> schools and educational institutions.
> 
> This means it is now much more expensive for schools so use Microsoft
> products.
> 
> This is an opportunity to promote open source software such as Open
> Office/Libre Office.
> 
> Does anybody have any ideas on how we can assist, pre-empt, do anything to
> help?
> 
> There has been some brief irc discussions but we wanted to open this
> discussion on the mailing list.
> 
> What does everyone think?
> 
> maia